Instead, Wales - who face Scotland next and are now title favourites - added some polish with Worcester winger Josh Adams superbly rising above Elliot Daly to somehow juggle and then claim Biggar’s crossfield kick two minutes from the end.

It was England’s first loss against Wales in the Six Nations since losing here in 2013.

They led 10-3 at the break but it had been a fiercely contested affair and it was obvious Wales would not wilt.

Indeed, they came out for the second period with renewed vigour, putting England under pressure and steadily eating away at that marginal deficit.

Wales boss Warren Gatland - who coached Sinckler with the British Lions - described him as “emotionally a bit of a time-bomb” during the build-up to this game. That bomb sounded like it was ticking.

When Owen Farrell - of all people - shunted a kick out on the full, the hosts looked like they would capitalise again but Cory Hill failed to take the line-out.

Instead, Manu Tuilagi, the Leicester centre, made a brilliant break, one of in the game, and though Farrell forced a pass, he made up for it by tackling Hadleigh Parkes, Curry getting over the ball to force the penalty for Farrell to make it 13-9 in the 62nd minute.

It would not be enough, though.

The first half, meanwhile, was at times frenetic and utterly absorbing.

Curry, the workaholic Sale Sharks openside who seemed to be everywhere, spotted a rare chink in the Wales defence behind a ruck to surge through for his first Test try in the 27th minute.

The hosts, however, were smarting; moments before, they were driving a line-out of their own 22 only for England lock Lawes to craftily reef the ball back to his side and crucially turn possession to counter.

Lawes, too, was in brilliant form, crunching opponents with regularity and having a number of telling influences.

There was fine contests all over the field, mind, with Gareth Davies harassing Farrell and charging down the England fly-half who so rarely finds himself in trouble.

Sinckler was called upon for a crucial tap-tackle on Liam Williams just as the Wales full-back - man-of-the-match here - was finding top gear in space.

However, Sinckler was later penalised for a no-arms tackle that gifted Gareth Anscombe an easy three points in the 24th minute.

That cancelled out Farrell’s earlier penalty after Sinckler, again, had helped force Wales into collapsing their own scrum in their own 22, but the hosts came home.